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GHSA-JJH4-9FXQ-RJ65

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-22 21:30

Details

The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.66 does not sanitise and escape the backup_timestamp and job_id parameter before outputting then back in admin pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-05-22T21:30:31Z",
  "published": "2022-01-04T00:00:47Z",
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    },
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CVE-2021-25022 (GCVE-0-2021-25022)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-03 12:49 – Updated: 2025-05-22 18:40

Title

UpdraftPlus < 1.16.66 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1801c7ae-2b5c-49…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2635…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2637…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin	Affected: 1.16.66 , < 1.16.66 (custom)

Credits

Krzysztof Zając

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-JJH4-9FXQ-RJ65

CVE-2021-25022 (GCVE-0-2021-25022)

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